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| 01/12/2008 |
Sterile Services Climb Down |
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Plans to outsource sterile services from Liverpool Royal Hospital and others have collapsed as the company involved "In Health" has walked away from the project.
UNISON in Liverpool have campaigned hard to stop what we believed would
seriously damage the service. On the week sterilisation services in some areas have been criticised, we are delighted that services at the Royal, which fully meet national and European standards, have been spared disruption at least for now. The plan was to have all equipment and instruments for operations from the Royal and hospitals in the Wirral, Salford and Wigan & Leigh sterilised at one super centre. We believe this risked severe delays in operations, and the damage or contamination of equipment in transit. Our campaign was particularly supported by those staff who actually do the operations including consultants. We will now refocus our campaign to support our preferred option of building a fit for purpose provision at Broad Green Hospital.
Stephanie Thomas, UNISON North West Head of Health said "UNISON locally have worked well to save this service. Our activists have marched, leafleted and petitioned the public and produced their own leaflet, which was circulated to the local MPs and councillors, the media, hospital consultants and copies were also sent to "In Health". We will continue to campaign for the best way or organising this vital service, including additional resources."
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